This section aims to facilitate networking between teams or units who are interested in research into enhanced recovery. We invite you to tell us about your current research projects and to share ideas of future study. Through collaboration, we should be able to:improve the quality and quantity of research in to aspects of enhanced recoverycreate collaborative publications of research findings in peer reviewed journalsincrease the amount of good quality evidence to support enhanced recovery
Use of Pre-operative carbohydrate loading for diabetic patients
Preoperative carbohydrate loading is widely used within enhanced recovery programmes to attenuate insulin resistance. There is currently no consensus regarding the use of Preoperative Carbohydrate Loading in diabetic patients.
A consultant colorectal surgeon from Swansea, Mr Dean Harris, led on a short questionnaire about practice carbohydrate loading for diabetic patients. We had a very good response to this survey and will post a brief overview in the near future.
If you would like to work with us on a similar project, please contact us to discuss the details.
Audit of enhanced recovery
At the pre-conference network meeting in September 2010, there was much debate on the essential elements that should be recorded as part of audit of enhanced recovery. We are currently designing an on-line questionnaire to canvas your views on this subject
